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PATENTED DEC 3l 1867 @nitro tatre atwt @Hire ELIPllALE'l HALL, OFDUNNAMORA, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 72,847, dated December 3l, 1867.

'IMPROVBD PBATAND BRICK-Muslime.

TO.ALIL WI-IOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, ELIPHALET HALL, of Dunnamora, in the county ofClinton, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Pressor Machine for Making Peat or Clay into Blocks or Bricks; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification, in whichi I Figure 1, plate 1, is aplan or top view of the machine. i

Figure 2, plate 1, a view in detail.

Figure 3, plate 2, an elevation orview of the front side of the machine,and

Figure 4 ,a View or elevation of one-end to the same.

A, in the drawings, represents a wheel, secured by horizontal arms B toa centre rod or shaft, C, arranged to turn in bearings ofthe framework Dto the machine. This wheel A, at and around its periphery, is 'dividedinto a series of moulds, E, of uniform size and shape, and at equal andregular distances apart. These moulds are formed bythe concentric ringsF to the wheel, joined together by the cross and radial partitions G. H,ratchet-teeth, formed about and around the wheel A, which teethcorrespond in position to that ofthe moulds,

.and are equal in number to the same. On the'teeth H to the wheel A, alever-pawl, I, is arranged to act.A

This pawl I is hung to the lower end of a vertical arm, J, fastened orsecured at its upper end in and toda lever-arm, K, hung to a fulorumatL, from which it extends in a horizontal plane through guide-posts M,and is at its outer end, N, connected through a ptman-IrOd, O, therehung to it, with the outer end of a crank-arm, P, of a horizontal shaft,Q, arranged to turn, and supported in suitable bearings of the uprightsor posts R. This shaft'Q carries a balance-wheel, S, and a pulley, T,connected through an endless belt, U, with a pulley, V, on thedriving-shaft W, to the machine.v This shaft W is arranged to turn insuitable bearings at or near 4the end, and is hung in a horizontalplane, extending across and over the mould-wheel A. n X, a presser, forpressing the peat or other material into the moulds of the wheel A, assuch moulds in regular order and succession pass over the platform Z;and Y a pusher for pushing the peat or other blocks or bricks pressed inthe mould from the saine. The presser X and pusher Y are both arrangedby their staffs or rods'A2, to play up and down, or in a vert-icalplane, through guides B2 of a fixed rail, C2, and at their upper endsare hung toV the lever-arm K, so as to risc and fall therewith. D2,an'endless apron or belt, passingnnder the mouldwheel, andl in positionto catch and receive the peat or brick-blocks as they are pushed orforced out of the mould-wheel. This endless apron passes around rollersor drums 2 at cach end, and through a connectingbelt, F2, receivesmotion from the driving-shaft. G2, the hopper to receive the peat orclayto be moulded, inI

which hopper is a wheel, H2, provided with teeth I2, corresponding towhich is a toothed concave, J2, so that by the action of the two thepeat or olaf,r will be thoroughly mixed or prepared for being moulded.This hopper Gr2 is over the mould-wheel, and in position for its peat orclay to enter the moulds.

The operation of the machine above described is as follows: The peat orclay is placed or fed into the hopper, wherein being duly prepared, itpasses down through to the mould-wheel, into the mould thereof, justbelow and in position therefor, which wheel, through the upward anddownward movement of the lerer-arm K, being carried by the pawl aroundwith an intermittent rotary motion, at the same time the presser andpusher being carried up and down, and the endless carrying-apron movedto carry off the bricks or blocks thrown into the same by thevpusher. v

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent-1 The presser and pusher, with or without thelever-arm and earrying-pawl, when combined together and arranged tooperate with reference to the mould-wheel A substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

ELIPHALET HALL.

Witnesses:

WM, F. McNAMAnA, ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

